MEMPHIS—Junior men's tennis player advanced to the Round of 16 at the Oracle ITA Masters event at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, Thursday, with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Army's Michael Nguyen.
With the win, Peniston advances to a Friday match against Columbia's Shawn Hadavi. Hadavi came back from a tough 7-5 first set loss to win 6-4, 6-3 in the second and third sets to advance to the Friday matchup.
Tiger lost in his opening round match to Denver's Diogo Rocha, 6-0, 6-3. He will now have one round of consolation singles on his schedule, Friday, where he will face UMKC's Airam Castellano.